I had to post this because of the title - is Rooters now working for Sammy?
The United States unleashed huge "bunker-buster" bombs on Baghdad Friday in some of the war's heaviest air strikes as the first aid ship docked in the southern port of Umm Qasr. U.S. defense officials said a radar-avoiding B-2 stealth bomber had dropped two of the earth-shattering 4,600-pound bombs on a communications center in downtown Baghdad. It was believed to be the first use of the big bombs on Baghdad since the war to oust President Saddam Hussein began nine days ago. Correspondent Nadim Ladki saw two damaged communications centers in the capital. One big building had been struck at its base. A tangled pile of smoldering rubble was all that was left of a smaller facility. Many telephone lines were knocked out.
Defiant Iraqis converged on mosques for Friday prayers, enraged rather than intimidated by the U.S. bombardment. "You can see and hear the missiles and bombs raining down on us and yet Muslims are coming to the house of God to pray," said the preacher at the "Mother of All Battles" Mosque. While he spoke, the mosque compound shook as 15 more bombs and missiles crashed into an area northwest of the city. Hundreds of Baath Party militiamen armed with AK-47 assault rifles were guarding government buildings and manning sandbagged posts on street corners and trenches in squares and gardens. |